The occurrence of Alca torda torda (Lin) in Malta

Dr. C.B. Ticehurst classified separately the British razorbills from Swedish and Greenland birds under the name brittanica on account of their smaller size. This name was accepted by the British List Committee in 1937. It was later discovered that Iceland rozarbills were small in size like the Briti...

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Main Author: Vella Gaffiero, J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Malta Ornithological Society 1973
Subjects:
Birds > Malta
Razor-billed auk > Malta
Alca
Alcidae
Charadriiformes
Greenland
Alca torda
Iceland
Online Access:https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/40132
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spelling ftunivmalta:oai:www.um.edu.mt:123456789/40132 2023-05-15T13:12:12+02:00 The occurrence of Alca torda torda (Lin) in Malta Vella Gaffiero, J. 1973 https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/40132 en eng Malta Ornithological Society Vella Gaffiero, J. (1973). The occurrence of Alca torda torda (Lin) in Malta. Il-Merill, 12, 10-11. https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/40132 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. Birds -- Malta Razor-billed auk -- Malta Alca Alcidae Charadriiformes article 1973 ftunivmalta 2021-10-16T18:08:39Z Dr. C.B. Ticehurst classified separately the British razorbills from Swedish and Greenland birds under the name brittanica on account of their smaller size. This name was accepted by the British List Committee in 1937. It was later discovered that Iceland rozarbills were small in size like the British population and therefore Brehm's type of islandica, which had been obtained in southern Iceland in 1931, took precedence over britannica. N/A Article in Journal/Newspaper Alca torda Greenland Iceland University of Malta: OAR@UM Greenland
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topic Birds -- Malta
Razor-billed auk -- Malta
Alca
Alcidae
Charadriiformes
spellingShingle Birds -- Malta
Razor-billed auk -- Malta
Alca
Alcidae
Charadriiformes
Vella Gaffiero, J.
The occurrence of Alca torda torda (Lin) in Malta
topic_facet Birds -- Malta
Razor-billed auk -- Malta
Alca
Alcidae
Charadriiformes
description Dr. C.B. Ticehurst classified separately the British razorbills from Swedish and Greenland birds under the name brittanica on account of their smaller size. This name was accepted by the British List Committee in 1937. It was later discovered that Iceland rozarbills were small in size like the British population and therefore Brehm's type of islandica, which had been obtained in southern Iceland in 1931, took precedence over britannica. N/A
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Vella Gaffiero, J.
author_facet Vella Gaffiero, J.
author_sort Vella Gaffiero, J.
title The occurrence of Alca torda torda (Lin) in Malta
title_short The occurrence of Alca torda torda (Lin) in Malta
title_full The occurrence of Alca torda torda (Lin) in Malta
title_fullStr The occurrence of Alca torda torda (Lin) in Malta
title_full_unstemmed The occurrence of Alca torda torda (Lin) in Malta
title_sort occurrence of alca torda torda (lin) in malta
publisher Malta Ornithological Society
publishDate 1973
url https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/40132
geographic Greenland
geographic_facet Greenland
genre Alca torda
Greenland
Iceland
genre_facet Alca torda
Greenland
Iceland
op_relation Vella Gaffiero, J. (1973). The occurrence of Alca torda torda (Lin) in Malta. Il-Merill, 12, 10-11.
https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/40132
op_rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder.
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